Der amerikanische Soldat / Janus Films ; [presented by] Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation ; Produktion, antiteater ; ein Film von Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982, screenwriter, film director, actor, composer (expression), art director, director, composer, art director.
• Scheydt, Karl, actor, actor.
• Sorbas, Elga, actor, actor.
• George, Jan, actor, actor.
• Bohm, Hark, 1939- actor, actor.
• Aicher, Marius, 1944- actor, actor.
• Trotta, Margarethe von, actor, actor.
• Lommel, Ulli, actor, actor.
• Schaake, Katrin, actor, actor.
• Caven, Ingrid, actor, actor.
• Scholz, Eva-Ingeborg, 1928-2022, actor, actor.
• Raab, Kurt, 1941-1988, actor, art director, art director.
• Hermann, Irm, actor, actor.
• Datz, Gustl, 1904-1984, actor, actor.
• Lohmann, Dietrich, 1941-1997, director of photography, director of photography.
• Paetzold, Herbert, director of photography, director of photography.
• Raben, Peer, composer (expression), composer.
• Eymèsz, Thea, editor of moving image work, editor.
• Kaufmann, Günther, 1947-2012, singer, singer.
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, presenter.
• Antiteater (Organization), producer.
• Criterion Collection (Firm), producer.
• Janus Films, producer.

Series:

• Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)). Early Fassbinder Series 39,
• Eclipse from Criterion Collection. Series 39. Early Fassbinder

Language:

• English
• German

Subjects (All):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Drama.
• Murder for hire--Drama.
• Police--Germany--Munich--Drama.
• Police corruption--Germany--Munich--Drama.
• Murder for hire.
• Police.
• Police corruption.
• Veterans.
• Germany--Munich.

Genre:

• Gangster films.
• Action and adventure films.
• Crime films.
• Feature films.
• Drama.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
• monochrome

Other Title:

English title on container and disc label: American soldier

Place of Publication:

[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]

Language Note:

German dialogue with optional English subtitles.

System Details:

• DVD, NTSC, region 1.
• digital
• optical
• mono
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video
• region 1

Summary:

In this virtuoso deconstruction of gangster movie conventions, a Vietnam veteran becomes a hit man for the Munich police.

Participant:

[Karl Scheydt], Elga Sorbas, Jan George, Hark Bohm, Marius Aicher, Margarethe von Trotta, Ulli Lommel, Katrin Schaake, Ingrid Caven, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Kurt Raab, Irm Hermann, Gustl Datz, [Rainer Werner Fassbinder].

Credits:

Cinematographer, Dietrich Lohmann, Herbert Paetzold ; music, Peer Raben ; editor, Thea Eymèsz ; song "So much tenderness" by Fassbinder/Raben ; sung by Günther Kaufmann ; [art direction by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab].

Notes:

• Originally released as a motion picture in 1970 under German title : Amerikanische Soldat
• (1.33:1) aspect ratio.
• Issued as part of 5-disc set with Katzelmacher, Gods of the plague, Love is colder than death, Beware of the holy whore : Early Fassbinder

ISBN:

• 9781604657708
• 1604657707
• 9781604657661
• 1604657669

OCLC:

855916091

Publisher Number:

• ECL176 Criterion Collection (set)
• ECL180 Criterion Collection